Farewell Gary Moore, Thanks for everything

I was utterly shocked to hear the sad news that Blues / Rock Guitar Maestro Gary Moore passed away earlier this morning while on holiday in Spain. He was only 58 years old. For those who read my posts, you will remember my recent ramblings about learning Parisienne Walkways, a song I’m still hoping to fully master one day. A song which also introduced me to Gary in the early 90’s when the live version made it back into the charts and became quite popular among my circle of friends back when I was in High School. Until very recently I’d never realised just how versatile a player he was and made a mental note to keep an eye on his future tour dates to go see him when he would next come to a venue near me. This sadly will never happen anymore.

But instead of weeping and pointing out just how big a loss this is, let’s celebrate the immense contribution he made to the world of music and how much an inspiration he was to many guitar players, myself included. Here is a live version of the aforementioned Parisienne Walkways:

Just listen to that vibrato 🙂